industry due to the February Revolution and the Civil War.
In 1933 along the Kalmius River a new steelworks (Azovstal) were built.
During the World War II in 1941�1943 the city was occupied by Nazi Germany. It caused tremendous damage to the city, many people were killed.
Since 1948 till 1989 the city was named Zhdanov after a Soviet politician Andrei Zhdanov
